Patient appreciate this candor.despite what surgeons think

,patient are not lost to suregry because of aggressiveinformed consent handled in an appropriate mannerOtol.clinic of north american,1989

It is generally accepted that consent for specific complication

is necessary if a complication rate of > 1% is expectedClin.otolaryngol.2001

FESS Complications It is the responsibility of the doctorto warn of serious consequencesof procedures even if happen onlyrarely .

FESS Complications

FESS Complications Mosherfamouslydescribedintranasalethmoidectomy as the easiest way to kill apatientClin.otolaryngol.2001

The major complication rates for FESS have

been shown to be comparable to or lower thanrate for intranasal ethmoidectomyLaryngoscope,1989

FESS Complications May et al,(1994) performed metaanalysis which included 2108patientunderwentFESS,theyfound 0.85% incidence of majorcomplications in their series.

FESS Complications The last nationwide estimate of majorcomplication rates in UK in 1993 was0.23%. Since that survey an average of onepatient a year has suffered permanentblindnessClin.Otolaryngol,1994

FESS Complications Theavailabilityofimage-guidedsurgicalnavigationiswelcomedtechnology in tertiary care hospitalsetting The navigation protocol is a majorconcern in patients with The potentialfor major complications or incompletelyperformed revision surgery .(american J.Rhinology,1999)